we heard from rubio, ted cruz, and bob menendez as well. it's presumed that cruz will say the same thing. they are up in arms over the president's actions. and i would predict this is going to be spun a little bit as executive action, and those are two words that have gained a lot of traction for the republicans. >> al jazeera's michael shure. we're going to take a quick break. before we go, alan and judy gross were pictured together again. here they are in cuba as alan gross was preparing to leave. again, they are back in the united states, and this is part of a larger deal. alan gross was freed a series of cuban spies wering sent back to cuba. and cuba released a long-held u.s. spy. and a lot of credit to pope francis and the government of canada for bringing this all together. we're going to have more on the roles they played on the other side of this break. you are watching al jazeera america. ♪ >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant

so for marco rubio, size really matters. that's it.ions with china and not for cuba. china is a big country. and cuba isn't. there's absolutely no foreign policy consistency in that. just a size fetish. senator rubio had no problem voting to confirm president obama's ambassador to china, but he's now vowing to do everything in his power to prevent the senate from confirming whoever president obama will nominate to be the first 21st century ambassador to cuba. which is the larnlest nation in the caribbean, but just not large enough for marco rubio. hey matt, what's up? i'm just looking over the company bills. is that what we pay for internet? yup. dsl is about 90 bucks a month. that's funny, for that price with comcast business, i think you get like 50 megabits. wow that's fast. personally, i prefer a slow internet. there is something about the sweet meditative glow of a loading website. don't listen to the naysayer. switch to comcast business today and get 50 megabits per second for $89.95. comcast business. built for business. >>. >>

so for marco rubio, size really matters. that's it. with china and not for cuba. china is a big country. and cuba isn't. there's absolutely no foreign policy consistency in that. just a size fetish. senator rubio had no problem voting to confirm president obama's ambassador to china, but he's now vowing to do everything in his power to prevent the senate from confirming whoever president obama will nominate to be the first 21st century ambassador to cuba. which is the larnlest nation in the caribbean, but just not large enough for marco rubio. hey! i guess we're going to need a new santa ♪(the music builds to a climax.) more people are coming to audi than ever before. see why now is the best time. audi will cover your first month's payment on select models at the season of audi sales event. visit audioffers.com today. >> yesterday, flight 280 was flying from seoul, korea to dallas when it encountered extreme turbulence. [ scream skrooeming ] >> the turbulence continued for 45 minutes until the plane turned back and landed in tokyo. fiv

marco rubio can't raise money anymore. done. >> i totally disagree. >> well, this is -- >> a new world of fund-raising, i think. >> let me tell you, do not underestimate marco. i remember when marco rubio had nobody behind him. i was one of the few who when he was running against charlie crist -- >> charlie crist is not jeb bush. >> who started the whole new way of fund-raising and -- >> what is marco rubio's base? he's -- in the tea party he's in trouble because of his immigration views, which he's desperately trying to backpedal. >> right. >> he's got this formidable person who is the governor in his home state who will take all the quote/unquote establishment money out. i don't understand how marco rubio will raise any money the way we did on the internet. >> i'm a huge marco rubio fan and only person around this table who is his constituent and as such i really hope he thinks because he has said he either does one or the other and i think we've seen this week just what a crucial role he's playing on foreign relations.

senator rubio joins us live from capitol hill. senator rubio, thanks for joining us.hat do you say to the president who says the united states can have normal diplomatic commercial ties with a communist regime in china, with a communist regime in vietnam, with other repressive regimes around the world. why not with a neighbor only 90 miles from the united states? >> two points, that makes my point. we have normal relations with vietnam and china and it's not brought freedom or democracy in either of those two places. the regime in china is as repressive as it's ever been. and if it hasn't worked on a bigger country like china, imagine what the cuban regime will do with these unilateral concessions. none of these are going to reach the cuban people. the cuban people think something good is coming. but the cuban government is going to manipulate these changes to tighten their grip on power. i know the true nature of this regime. and i think this president is woefully ignorant of the truth or just naive. >> the argument is if a lot of americans visit cuba and speak with

. >> you have mauro -- marco rubio. his family fled in the '50s and he's not in favor of the process. let me play what senator rubio had to play. >> i'm not in favor of the process which his release was required. it puts a price on every american abroad. governments know they can take a american hostage they can get significant concessions from the united states. it's ironic a week after we impose sanctions on humanitarian rights violators in venezuela. we are lifting it on the government that taught the venezuelans. >> a senior administration official tells nbc that gross was to be reported in poor health. you know the divide that exists whenever the conversation of cuba and the u.s. policy is discussed particularly in mr. rubio's home state of florida. >> yeah. it's a huge issue in florida. and very devicive. you'll hear, i think, some pretty sharp rhetoric on both side of the issue. it is important to remember that from all reports. i was checking, you know, a blog by one of cuba's leading disdents who wrote of mr. g

the point is people are turning their attention to marco rubio right now. he has to be able to articulate this, but he has to be very careful. this is an issue that he cares about deeply, that his state cares about more deeply than any other state, but it's not number one on the country's agenda right now. so he has to be a little bit careful about that. >> while this was top of the news today, cuban policy may not be the driving concern that voters have, again, we're waiting for the news conference from alan gross, the american who has been held in cuba for five years. we'll take a quick break. you're watching al jazeera america. >> we're in a washington, d.c. law firm where we expect alan gross to come out and speak. first we expect to hear from a family spokesperson, and then alan gross will come out. all of this is part of a larger deal that the obama administration announced today in terms of the noble indication of relation relation-- normalization with cuba. you can see live pictures there. he's expected to speak in a few minutes. reaction will conti

. >> senator marco rooub joe among the -- rubio is among the voices blasting the government. we should note that hitting out at the president for negotiations, listen to this. >> this president is the single worst negotiator we have had in the white house in my lifetime. who has basically given the cuban government everything it asked for. and received no assurances of any advances in democracy and freedom in return. >> watching the reaction on capitol hill are political reporter casey hunt. casey, so the interesting thing here is we're seeing bipartisan agreement from senators, rubio and mendes against lifting this embargo. in fact, odd bipartisan bedfellows on both sides of this fierce debate right now. >> that's right, ronan. and in particular you're hearing from people who are part of this cuban-american community, you're also hearing from mario diaz whose been a key republican alley of the obama administration on immigration who called him the appeaser in chief. i spoke to senator rubio as well earlier today and he said that in this deal, cuba gets a ten on the one to te

senator rubio was on air about an hour ago. menendez saying not only is there a symmetry in this deal, meaning the president is a bad negotiator but there is very little to go on the that cuba will change its ways. >> remember the embargo to be lifted would have to be lifted by congress. the president can't do it. the requirements within the embargo are that the castro brothers have to be gone. that all

senator mitch mcconnell waiting to hear from marco rubio.let's watch. >> kept against his will for far too long. our prayers are with him and his family because it was not just a prisoner, he was a hostage. but this president has proven today the form policy is more than just naive, it is willfully ignorant of the way the world really works. this administration finally agreed after months of congressional pressure to impose sanctions on the venezuelan government officials were violating human rights, a government that has spent all of 2014 killing, jailing and oppressing their own people, and yet a week later he is making concessions to the very cuban government that supports and is behind the tourney in venezuela. the cuban government is highly influential and has helped mastermind a crackdown on the venezuelan people. this policy contradiction is absurd. and it is disgraceful for president who claims to treasure human rights and human freedom. this president is the single worst negotiator we have had in the white house in my lifetime. give

marco rubio saying we have conceded to the oppressors.erally what this plays into is the story line of republicans heading into 2016, of course, that this is a president who displays weakness in face of the bad guys. this will affect how they regard any iranian nuclear negotiations. they said the same thing about the swap with bergdahl and the negotiations with the taliban. so you see this kind of narrative developing. and i'm sure it's going to continue into 2016. and marco rubio could not have been stronger in his remarks. he called what the president did today disgraceful. >> i'm sure there will be a lot of criticism. we'll cover it all, the good, the bad and the ugly, what's going on right now. we're standing by. we're getting a lot more reaction to the historic news today, a normalization of relations between the united states and cuba for the first time going back more than 50 years. much more of our special coverage right after this. i hait's tough, but severi've managed.ease. but managing my symptoms was all i was doing. so when i

it's a shot here against rubio.amp david when jimmy carter, the guy he said wasn't a good negotiator, brought together israel with his major strategic enemy, egypt, and forced a permanent peace treaty between the two of them. match that, marco. just do something like that in your lifetime. let's talk about this interesting fight on the right. we grew up with the idea, we all did, that the republican party was the hawkish party, anti-communist, anti-everything, anti-everybody, let's go to war. and now you see an interesting intra-mural battle where you see rubio carrying the traditional baggage of the hawks. but then you see rand paul, who's got to be the most spontaneous, and i have to say scrambling arguer i've ever seen. he doesn't say in the pocket. he's scrambling like rg3. he's always got something. >> you know, it's an epic battle between conservatives and libertarians -- >> it's epic, but it's new? >> it's fairly fresh. it's been simmering for some time, but coming out before the 2016 cycle and rand paul is p

. >> senators mendez and rubio. >> i support it. marco rubio and bob menendez from new jersey. it's a step in the right direction. we have to come in to the 21st century. cuba has been propped up by venezuela. now venezuela is in economic cardiac arrest. cuba has been propped up by russia. they are in the same kind of economic distress. and, therefore, cuba is out there. it's a moment in time that things can change. and i want to see if they will bring freedom to the cuban people. listening now and saying you're making my point. venezuela is not there for them, the russians are not there for them, this is the time when raul and fidel and the entire communist regime might collapse and the people might get their country back. it's been 50 years but couldn't we wait another minute? i'm sure some are saying exactly that. >> well it's that moment in time that we couldn't wait another minute for the life of alan gross and a lot of people interceding. you heard about the pope and that is true. you perhaps have heard about the president of haiti. that is true. so it was that moment in

, is this the beginning of marco rubio 2.0?way from what he did. >> so 3.0? >> on immigration reform. this is marco rubio being a florida politician, as well as a national politician, but ernesto makes a really important point especially about florida because the fact is most of the latino vote in florida is now no longer cuban. and the cuban community is split. so cuba policy, as it plays in florida is very different today than it was 20 years ago. >> a changing electorate and changing views. thank you guys both for your time. >> good to be with you. >> pleasure. >>> just ahead, the true patriots of the cia. the whistle blowers who have been speaking up against torture all along. you will hear from them next on "now." i told my dentist about my sensitive teeth, he told me there's a whole new way to treat sensitivity. he suggested i try new crest sensi-stop strips. [ male announcer ] just apply to the gumline of sensitive teeth for a quick 10 minutes. the special ingredient forms a lasting barrier that provides immediate relief

remember senator rubio was one of those who led the shut down. we lot of $28 billion. in context. the united states made significant progress and there were many issues that the united states wanted to address as it relates to our own intelligence community that began yesterday. i think the united states benefitted in terms of moving forward to be able to put all of the issues that have been such a problem for the united states on the table. >> with regards to the embargo as you know, that requires congressional action. with republicans promising nothing, controlling the upper and lower chamber, what's next for democrats? >> that doesn't mean we do nothing. i have been trying to normalize relations since 1977 and many have been trying to do that knowing it is in the united states's national interest. the politics will be difficult, but does that mean we continue to be isolated? no, we do everything we can to end the embargo. change takes a while, but we need to come together and recognize that it's in the united states's best interest and it gives us an opportunity to

on the show tonight, obama versus kim iran versus rubio. at a press conference late today , at new york city police headquarters, i asked the mayor about how he is dealing with the crisis. it's as you eat the city through this very difficult time, you're getting a lot of criticism from across the board. have you learned anything or adjusted your behavior particularly those who say you have not been outspoken enough criticizing some of the rhetoric used against the police department? >> the point is, we are in a very difficult moment. our focus has to be on these families, and we are in a season that suggests we have to find a way forward. it's supposed to be a time of peace and reconciliation. i have throughout my public life expressed tremendous respect for the nypd. it is very well-documented. i will continue to. i also think in a democracy that people express their desire for more fair society, and that is right and proper as well, but they must do it peacefully. there certainly can be no violence against those who protect us and who rep

senator marco rubio from florida is with me now.fled cuba in the 1950s immigrating to the u.s. as fidel castro began his rise to power. thank you for your time. your reaction and what we expect today. >> first of all obviously we are glad mr. gross is back with his family, he never did anything wrong, he was not a spy, he was not a criminal, he was a hostage. it is unfortunate they held him for five years and almost killed him in captivity. i think it does set some very dangerous precedents and government now knows they can take an american hostage they can get very significant successions from the united states. later on the present will announce measures that go well beyond the sanctions imposed in telling normalizing diplomatic relations between the united states and cuba opening up commerce and trade with dictatorship. my interest in cuba has been the furthering of democracy and freedom. they are free to choose any economic system they want. but the president will announce today will further that goal. it is ironic a week after

marco rubio is a cuban-american. he wants to run for president, and he came out with harsh words condemned the president this president is the single worst negotiator we've had in the white house in my lifetime who has given the cuban government everything they asked for and assured no advances in democracy and freedom in return. >> alan gross, smiles all around, reunited with his wife and friends. after all the fanfare and shock of today wears off, it's going to be a long road for president obama to do what he wants to do and normalize relations with cuba. >> mike viqueira in washington. mike, thank you very much. we'll have more on the politics and reaction today later in the show. when alan gross spoke out this afternoon, he was at times feisty and at times humorous. >> that's exactly the way he was. it turns out alan gross is quite the character after all. from popcorn on the plane coming only, one of the things that he missed the most about not being in the united states, to watching president obama address alon

and last night on "the kelly file" megyn asked marco rubio for his reaction.is what happened. >> senator, your thoughts on senator rand paul's comments supporting the president. >> well, like many people that have been a -- have no idea what he's talking about. i'll tell you why. number one, the embargo is an em bor goe that quite frankly has a bunch of holes in it. the united states is still one of cuba's largest trading partner, even now with the embargo, food stops and other things are available in cuba. americans travel there all the time on what they call cultural exchanges. a bunch of americans travel there by the way in violation of the embargo through third countries, cuban-americans can travel as many times as they want, they can send a lot of money back to cuba to their relatives. what's hurting the cuban people is not the embargo. what's hurting the cuban people is the cuban government. >> but today senator paul firing back responding on facebook and twitter suggesting senator rubio is acting like an isolationist and doesn't speak for the majority o

>> it's got to be a very bad day for marco rubio. it's hard just in terms of the politics and the fundraising florida has a lot of big donors. it's the vas vas majority of those people are are jeb people first and marco rubio second. it's hard to see at least a financial path for rubio if jeb bush stays and runs. >> what do you make of the timing that he did it for the holidays. most of the candidates say think about it in the new year or maybe the spring. is he out there one of the first if not the first. >> yeah, i think that's right. he put his marker down. he put some pressure on the other guys and you start a leadership committee like that. that probably makes it easier for him to build a network. build maybe a donor mailing list. get out there, start meeting with some of those 99 iowa county chairs what he raises and spends during his primary. >> one of the issues we sort of think of governor bush on a national level is education. when he was governor, how was education in the state? how did people fair? >> it's very -- it's so

mitch, what about marco rubio's position on this?the political take here as to why he is so critical of the president here and says there's no upside that this does not set us forward to any kind of democraticization at all. >> he took the hard line which is to be predicted. he also had a problem with jeb bush doing skplort torii committee. those hard core folks are on the same side with rubio and bush. so he is boxed in effect. he can't agree with anything the president does. it is enhanced by the fact can't run free election. the generation from the original folks from the early 60s their children and grandchildren in south florida, care more about the quality of life than they do about foreign policy from an ancient perspective, as they may hold it back then. also a lot of cuban-american who's live in tampa have never held that view. so i think marco rubio is boxed where he is, kind of where he is in the past, in effect and how jeb bush plays will be interesting. you have another play here. that is other folks running for presiden

rubio deeply opposed of it a republican from florida. jeff flake very much in favor of it. he said when he spoke to alan gross he expressed that this or teal may lead to positive changes between the united states and cuba. he goes onto say with today's significant and far-reaching announcement i think it already has. it's going to be really fascinating to see how congress alliance on this thing. the president's movement today falls short of an out right a repeal of the embargo with cuba. that would take a congressional vote. rubio says he doesn't think there are enough votes in the senate to repeal an embargo others think differently. >> doug, thank you. alan gross age 65 landing outside of washington just last hour, five years in jail in havana. at least three cubans jailed here in the u.s. for the past 15 years will be released back to havana as well. we are also hearing and watching the cuban president raul castro. he started speaking about 20 minutes ago. the american president, president obama saying an american embassy will be established in havana. we will watch all

to rubio's point, there's relationships with china and vietnam, why not with cuba? >> well, first of all, china and vietnam are not in the state-sponsored terrorism list as cuba has been. instructing secretary kerry to take them off. you know, anderson, part of it, yes, is internal politics. the bottom line is that there are a lot of cuban american victims who live in the united states and they have developed and flexed their political muscle. there are three cuban american senators serving in the u.s. senate. there are also u.s. congress people in the u.s. congress on both parties and they stick together when it comes to this because it is so important to the first hand victims that they represent. >> dan, what do you say? you serve in the obama white house. what do you say to the charges this is essentially rewarding bad behavior, an oppressive regime? >> a failure in reaching goals isn't a reward to anybody. continuing the policy would have been a reward to those who it benefits. this is the u.s. being more relevant in the future of cuba and the people more relev

we are awaiting to hear from marco rubio. and their litico reaction -- senator rubio's reaction.epublicans are livid over cuba talks. they say the republicans rreacted with outrage today over the obama administration's to normalize relations with cuba. some lawmakers are casting it as appeasement and extortion by the communistic castro to normalize relations with cuba. senator rubio promised to derail the white house is even as he has mixed avenues that alan gross was being released as part of the agreement with havana. alan is back in the united states. we are waiting to hear from marco rubio. a from riefings expected outgoing judiciary chair, patrick leahy. a live look here, as reporters gather. get re also looking to comments from raul castro, the president of cuba. back to your go calls. robert in seattle. a cuban-american. what does this mean to you, robert? this is remarkable news, and i believe the president is doing the right thing. it is long overdue. rubio -- it shows how little they understand this topic. host: thank you, robert. there are a lot of comments on from mem

and rand paul and marco rubio got into it.uared off over cuba and rand paul saying it is a good time to reach out, and marco rubio saying that you don't know what you are talking about. do you think it's possible that this could be, i mean only under certain circumstances are elections about foreign policy. >> well, i think this will -- big part, 1960 with kennedy was about national strength, reagan in '80 was about national strength. i think this will be a big issue. i think candidly, rand paul made a big mistake, for two reasons. the first is rubio represents the genuine pain of people who had relatives killed, relatives in prison, and rubio really does speak for the generation that felt that the castro brothers were evil, and that had personal proof of it. second, yesterday raul castro goes to the cuban national assembly, holds basically a victory celebration, associated press described it as a celebration of triumph over americanr aggression and says flatly that our system is not going to change at all and that not on the

rubio is the son of cuban immigrants.sn't he have more credibility on the issue. >> this is a personal issue for him. you saw rubio get out in front of this issue immediately. by i think noon the day these changes were announced he was all over the news. talking to reporters, staking his claim on this issue. senator rand paul has focused on foreign policy -- david: from a libertarian perspective. >> came out the next day and went after senator rubio. took to twitter to go after him. david: he's a fighter. i think a lot of people in the republican party are fighters. they appreciate a fighter when they see one. on this particular issue, the cuban-americans have such a strong stake in this issue, against dealing at all with the communist regime that will still be in power and probably will take most of the money that goes in there from us companies and individuals. >> right. and this is a very personal issue for several lawmakers involved. rubio is one of them. there is a large cuban-american constituency in congress. forei

marco rubio said he would block any ambassador to cuba. the president is determined to put one there and wants to starve the administration of any kind of funding to open an embassy but what the administration said today and the white house press secretary said today, anderson, is that there's already a u.s. intrasection in havana. all they have to do is call at this point. >> u.s. remained all this time in havana there. most americans can't just book a trip to cuba. >> reporter: the travel ban is still in place. you need congress to overdo that. americans can't go book a trip to havana. you need a third party authorized by the federal government to arrange trips but the administration expanded the reasons why you can go to cuba. first, journalistic, religious, and now it's about any reason if they can afford the price. at the same time, we should ask this. will americans be able to buy a cuban cigar in the united states in no, you have to bring cigars out of coup cuba. only $100 worth. there's these kwquirky restrictions in place. america

certainly marco rubio didn't sound like much of a moderate today.re in florida and america are evolving, changing. the american public is in favor of this. if jeb bush wants to be the moderate he has come out and cast himself to be, he's going to have to evolve that position, certainly for the general election if not hedge during the primary as well. >> and, annett, let me hit you way couple of poll numbers to say this may not have the saliency on the right side of a ledger it may have. normalized relationships in cuba as of february 2014, 63% of floridans favoring normal relations. only 30% opposed. then let's go to support among latinos for more normal relations with cuba. 62% in favor. and finally, the age split among those who favor continuing the embargo. look at the difference between those 65 and over and those 18 to 29. only 18% of young americans, according to florida international university. does this become one of those issues like immigration where the gop might be behind the times demographically, annette? >> i believe the gop is defin

although i think rubio has a point.we don't know on cuba is how fidel castro is going to react to this. >> where is fidel? >> he was down on this. i think cuba has to release political prisoners, be more positive on civil society. they have to end the repression of prodemocracy groups, open the internet. this is going to be a debate in 2016. >> i will be curious if it is a debate. >> i this i think this is at least a debate. >> i want to ring the bell for peggy noonan. she is for this deal. she hates castro like the rest of us. she says, she once imagined castro as an old man looking out the window of his sick room and seeing the tourists snapping pictures of him with their iphones as he goes down and realizes he lost. >> let's go bush/clinton, dynasties. is this the american way? >> it is more the republican way. the republicans are more gentile. >> i don't think this party. >> nixon got a second chance, bush got his second chance. dole got his fifth chance. the democrats are acting more like that with hillary. the rep

he deferred to marco rubio. he said marco rubio is the expert. i'm surprised that marco rubio is making policy for the republican party. was that an dodge? >> that's an indication of a couple of things. first, he deferred to marco rubio. not to another cuban-american in the senate, one ted cruz, who he's already butting heads with. and second of all, mitch mcconnell is the kind of guy who is not going to come out and take a stand on what he doesn't absolutely have to. there is a different skill set when you're serving as a leader. in mitch mcconnell's case over 54 individuals, he'll always take the careful path, and mitch mcconnell is a subtle individual any way. >> mike viqueira at the white house. as mike said today's policy change does not put an end to the cuban embargo. coming up we'll look at the effect that has had on every day life for the people of cuba. plus we'll talk live for a former political prisoner. tell me what is on your mind. tweet me or e-mail me, be back here in two minutes. >> blame the embargo for their country ace economi

if you look at cuban americans, older cuban americans agree with marco rubio.nger cuban americans are much closer to where rand paul and the president are. >> no doubt about it. you know, joan, the president called this a breakthrough year. today the white house detailed some of his accomplishments. check out this list. he pushed for minimum wage hikes in cities and states across the country. many were raised. he raised wages for federal contractors, made it easier to repay student loans, prevented deportation of millions of undocumented immigration. signed historic agreement to cut greenhouse grasses. and let's not forget, re-establish ties with cuba. especially after the mid terms, did anyone expect such a productive year, joan? >> no, i don't think anybody did, on the left or the right. certainly on cuba, there was not a whole lot of preparation for that. and i think that his poll numbers have climbed, reverend al. he's doing better than he's done in over a year. i think it's because of the american people like the fact that somebody is leading. he's keeping

later, senator marco rubio on his reaction into the change in policy. following his remarks we will take your calls and comments. obama'sesident announcement that the u.s. would normalize relations with cuba and lift many travel and economic sanctions that have been in place since the caribbean -- place against the caribbean nation. he spoke at the white house following the release of alan gross. u.s. release three cuban agents in the exchange. this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon. today, the united states of america is changing its relationship with the people of cuba. the most significant changes in a policy in fifty years, we'll end an outdated approach that for decades has failed to advance our interests. and instead, we will begin to normalize relations between our two countries. we intend to begin a new chapter among the nations of the americas. there is accommodated history -- there is a complicated history between the united states and cuba. i was born in 1961, just over two years after fidel castro took power in cuba, and just a few months aft

you knock out ted cruz or marco rubio. it doesn't really affect the race all that much.ou knock out the democratic front runner, and that is a big scalp. there is an anti-clinton bias in the press right now. this is going to remind people that there is stuff out there right now. >> as you remember in 2008 people said the clintons were scoured. they would've found out everything about barack obama. yet somehow they missed the reverend wright tapes. ok. the most controversial movie of the year, "the interview," is as dead as kim jong-un in that league scene from "the interview ." it is only a spoiler if you can watch the movie. it today, sony canceled the "the interview christmas day release of "the interview -- canceled the christmas day release of "the interview." many theater chains in america said they were not going to screen the movie. i have to ask a cliche question, but everything we found out today, have the terrorists won? >> they have for now. i think it is north korea. whoever did it, they didn't want to this movie shown. it is now not going to be shown. i thin

although i think rubio has a point.e don't know on cuba is how castro will react to this. >> where is fidel? >> he was down on this. i think cuba has to release political prisoners, they have to be more positive on civil society. they have to end the repression of pro-democracy groups, open the internet. this is going to be a debate in 2016. >> i will be curious. i think it's a chance that this isn't as big of a debate, the cuba part of this. >> i like -- >> let me go to bush and clinton. >> peggy noonan is for this opening of the deal. she said she wants to imagine castro as own old man and seeing tourists snapping pictures of him with their iphones as he goes down and realizes he lost. >> bush, clinton, dynasties. is this the american way? >> it's more the republican way. the republican parties are more genteel. >> not this republican party. >> nixon got his second chance. bush got his second chance. dole got his fifth chance. mccain got his chance. the democrats are acting like that with hillary. republican party ten

not just marco rubio.t in front criticizing hillary clinton for months now. >> basically, he is sort of a leader of the tea party. he will be the viable candidate. he will not be nominee. if he is, establishment will walk away from him. he is outlyer. his father was outlyer, with great grassroots support not in the in terms of delegates. plays to his own drummer. for guy calling rubio isolationist he is biggest isolationist in our party. i think he is out of the mainstream. bill: sorry about that. continue your thought. >> people like john mccain, chairman of armed services committee and others he is just not, not going to be where they are. bill: joe on hillary clinton point, is he a good foil for her? makes an interesting discussion? >> look it, whoever bashes obama the most or hillary the most makes the key point is that, you know, that's pay dirt, that is gold in the republican party right now. you it is particularly in a primary. he is hitting the right buttons, look if i had been advising rand paul i

and never two, rubio, -- number two, rubio, we read his balcony, and his claims that his parents came to cuba because of castro, but he wasn't even in power yet. pastve rubio a really good and i think the media -- a really good pass and i think the media should tell the truth. host: all right, bonnie, republican, go ahead. caller: i think it isn't that idea. people, wake up. don't you see that this president is just trying to get more communist? this is what communism looks like. look at cuba. do you want that in america? no, we don't. rubio wastor marco passionately opposed to what the president did yesterday. he writes in the opinion pages of the "wall street journal" -- he held a news conference just on capitol hill. here is a little bit of what he had to say. [video clip] >> all of the -- all that this is going to do is give the castro regime an opportunity to manipulate the changes to perpetuate itself in power. these changes will only lead to greater wealth and influence for this oppressive regime, whichally the military, controls most, if not all of the cuban economy and contro

marco rubio is also considering a run, as well. most people you talked to in the donor class do not believe that both jeb bush and marco rubio will run because they're both from florida. if jeb entered the race you would think that marco rubio would not enter the race. probably also hamper chris christie a little bit because they're seen as both drawing from the same base, kind of that, what some would call establishment wing and the donor class likes them. they think their governors could actually win the general election if they were the nominee. so, it might hurt chris christie. i don't think it would affect some others it wouldn't affect ted cruz or rand paul. they are not drawing from the same poll. it would help some and hurt others. so, you have some people cheering and some people probably hoping he doesn't run. >> well, let's continue, though, with the theme that we have going here. if jeb bush decides to run in 2016, would it automatically be a repeat of a bush/clinton race for the white house or does senator elizabeth wa